Chapter 326
HAPTER 326 (1): ENGAGED
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Su Xi-er walked towards the private rooms in the backyard with her cloth bundle in hand, but couldn’t tell which one of them was hers . After all, they all looked the same .
Just as she was starting to lose hope in finding her room on her own, Tan Ge appeared by her side . “Your room is the one on the leftmost side . Chao Mu told me that she’s currently washing dishes, so I’ll bring you there . ”
Su XI-er nodded and followed Tan Ge .
Opening the door to her room, Su Xi-er found that the interior was spick and span, having clearly been washed before . It was even larger than the one that she had stayed in while at the Palace Side Quarters . She noticed that all the palace maids here at the Imperial Library not only had their own rooms, but that their treatment was much better as well .
“Your room is the largest and most spacious . ” Tan Ge commented as she scanned the interior .
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Su Xi-er opened the wardrobe and started to unpack her clothes; when she came upon the red Chinese Bodice, she turned and gave Tan Ge an expectant look .
Tan Ge understood . “Take your time tidying up . I will sweep the palace paths before coming to help you with drying the books later on . ” She then turned to leave .
Although she hadn’t interacted with Su Xi-er much, Tan Ge felt that that the latter was a good person at heart . Hence, it was all the more reason that she was hesitant to go along with Commandery Prince Xie’s plans while he was obviously targeting Su Xi-er . It was just that she didn’t know to what extent Xie Yun would go to in order to succeed .
But even if I’m forced to become a pawn, I won’t hurt a good person like Su Xi-er .
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Tan Ge looked up into the sky . I have lost my freedom, but I wonder how Cui-er is doing . Is dad disappointed that I have become nothing but a palace maid who sweeps the paths?
In the room, Su Xi-er took out the Chinese bodice and placed it with her clothes, followed by the jade green dangling hair ornament . It was probably inconvenient for Old Maidservant Liu to bring up the matter of this ornament while we were in the yard since she could tell how valuable it is .
15 minutes later, Su Xi-er was done with unpacking and closed the doors to her wardrobe .
She went straight to the book depository, which held many of the older books in the Imperial Library . Since it was almost winter, she only had 8 hours of sunlight left to complete the task that Grand Tutor Kong had given her .
Su Xi-er worked quickly, having all of the books arranged out in the courtyard by the time afternoon arrived for the optimal amount of sunlight .
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An hour later, almost all of the books had been carried outside of the depository .
Su Xi-er was standing on a stool and clearing the remaining few books, but because she had been doing so constantly, her arms were getting sore . The result was a few books tumbling to the ground .
As she bent down to pick them up, she noticed that the corner of one of the pages from one of the books was folded .
Giving it a cursory glance, she spotted the delicate handwriting of a woman, along with the names, ‘Pei Qianhao’ and ‘Xie Liuli’ .
Xie Liuli? Could she be Commandery Prince Xie’s younger sister ー one of the three great beauties of Beimin?
Su Xi-er picked up the book and carefully flipped through the pages . Apart from the two names, she also noticed that the folded pages had some words that were marked out .
Stringing these words together, she formed the sentence, ‘Pei Qianhao and Xie Liuli engaged’ .
Countless question marks appeared in Su Xi-er’s mind . ‘Engaged’? Aren’t the Pei Family and Xie Family arch-enemies? Why did they have an engagement many years ago?
Chao Mu happened to walk in right as Su Xi-er began to ponder this question . “Su Xi-er, I’ll help you . ” She picked a few of the fallen books off the floor before carrying them outside .